00:06No cameras, no face, just a message, and it just put the Middle East on edge.
00:13Iran's new supreme leader, Mushtaba Khamenei, has now broken his silence on one thing,
00:19revenge for his father. Four months ago, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader for over
00:26three decades, was killed in US-Israeli airstrikes on February 28th. His son, Mushtaba, quietly became
00:34the new supreme leader. But since then, he's barely been seen. No public appearances, just written
00:41statements, fueling speculation about his health, his safety, even whether he's hiding from an
00:47assassination attempt of his own. Now, on the day of his father's funeral, that silence spoke louder
00:54than ever.
01:15In a written statement as the ceremonies wrapped up, Khamenei declared revenge, the will of our nation,
01:22something that must be carried out without fail. He went further, warning that those responsible
01:28would carry to their graves the wish for a peaceful death in bed, and made clear this isn't about
01:34waiting for orders from the top. Whether he personally is around to see it or not, he said,
01:40this will be achieved, and soon, freedom seekers around the world will each carry out part of it.
01:47This wasn't a quiet vow. It came after what Iranian state media called a historic show of force.
01:54Tens of millions of mourners across Iran and Iraq, from Tehran to Najaf to Mashhad, where his father
02:02was finally laid to rest. And at that funeral, open public calls for the killing of a sitting US
02:09president. Washington noticed. Trump has already warned the US would completely decimate Iran
02:15if any plot against him succeeded, or was even attempted. Meanwhile, ceasefire talks are hanging
02:22by a thread, Qatari mediators are shuttling messages, and Iran is refusing to budge on issues
02:29like the Strait of Hormuz. So this wasn't just a son mourning his father. It was a new, largely unseen
02:36leader, signaling to his own country, and to Washington, that this isn't over, that a ceasefire
02:43isn't the same as peace, and that somewhere, a promise of revenge is now officially on the record.
02:49The question now isn't if Iran responds, it's when and how far this goes.
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